Steam has Mr. Goldberg emulator which makes it possible to register the achievements in a .txt file automatically.
But what about GOG? Afaik they only provide such features if you buy from their site and use their launcher, or am I wrong?
This kind of defeats the purpose of free DRM games, I want the achievements working too if I’ll pay for it, I want the whole experience.
It seems you need to have the game linked to your account then launch it via their launcher, why can’t we just import the game and get things working as if it was bought? That’s something weird I think about GOG and that’s why I don’t believe too much they’re that much pro consumer.
I was thinking about start buying some games but if I can’t have the whole experience I don’t see a reason for it. I don’t want to be vendor locked by some launcher. Using Steam + Goldberg emu I can have everything including achievements in a very simple format that can be parsed by any simple program.
If GOG can implement achievements why don’t they embbed it with the game .exe itself?
God, the fucking arrogance and ignorance. What games do you play, Mr. Holier Than Fucking Thou?
Hey bud, I play the games I feel like playing the way I feel like playing them at that time. I’m talking about optimizing for fun instead of letting a game hand me a list of chores to do on my weekend. That’s a personal preference and all I did was express mine.
The specific games in question aren’t really relevant are they? I’ve played thousands of video games over the last 30ish years, but I’m not a completionist. I just try to have fun.
Also, me expressing my personal philosophy = “holier than fucking thou”? Man, grow up.
Right, needlessly dismissive and patronizing = personal philosophy. Very grown up of you, mighty adult.
They absolutely are fucking relevant and you’re ignorant for not knowing they are, and arrogant for thinking you’re qualified to question why OP needs achievements.
If you think of achievements as a “list of chores” then you simply do not play enough genres to have encountered achievements that meaningfully interact with gameplay in any sense, which’s fine if you’re minding your own business, but you’re not.
Action games exist, shmups exist, fighting games exist: games that cleverly use achievements to push you to up your skill level, add replayability value, or discover hidden mechanics.
If you think everyone who picks up a controller is looking for a sandbox to fuck around in, you’re so disconnected from this medium, I don’t even know why you decided to comment on this thread.
“Qualified to question”?
Bro I got bad news for you, even the smallest child is qualified to question anything. If you get angry and start pissing your pants instead of giving a good answer, nobody will respect you, but you might scare a small child away from their natural curiosity.
I’ve been playing video games of every genre (as I already said, good job reading my comment before angrily ranting that someone doesn’t care about a thing you like), including fighting games and shmups for decades. I have yet to meet a single person who needed to earn an achievement in order to learn how to perform a hadouken.
Seriously dude, you just came in here all immediately butt-hurt because I exist and don’t agree with you? They’re games.
If you need a trophy for playing, you might not actually be having much fun. I don’t understand an attitude like that hurts you so deeply, but for what it’s worth I’m sorry and do hope your day gets better.
If you’re a child, you probably shouldn’t be on Piefed unspervised to begin with. I’m not here to babysit you.
How the fuck does a hadouken qualify under any of the categories I mentioned? How do you sound so ignorant every time you type anything?
I don’t give a fuck about you or what you stand for, but you go around being condescending to people for no fucking reason, I’ll call you out for being ignorant and arrogant. Welcome to open forum discussions.
Literally everything you said so far in this discussion beams with ignorance. Not really sure how you still have the confidence to make judgment or hand out condescending, unsolicited advice. Next time you see a topic you clearly don’t care about, consider not butting in, or don’t complain when you get called out.